Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

सदा सर्वेषु भूतेषु शिवो वसति नित्यशः । साध्वसाधु ततो वाक्यं नैव निन्दा शिवस्य सा

Transliteration

sadā sarveṣu bhūteṣu śivo vasati nityaśaḥ | sādhvasādhu tato vākyaṃ naiva nindā śivasya sā

Translation

ശിവൻ സദാ നിത്യമായി എല്ലാ ജീവികളിലും വസിക്കുന്നു. അതിനാൽ നല്ലത്-ചീത്തയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള വാക്ക് യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ ശിവനിന്ദയല്ല.

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; adjective to bhūteṣu

• भूतेषु: in beings
• भूतेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक; √भू)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वसति: dwells
• वसति: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नित्यशः: continually
• नित्यशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यशः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/आवृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (continually)

• साधु: good/right
• साधु: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय)
• Form: गुणवाचक अव्यय/निपात (well/right)

• असाधु: bad/wrong
• असाधु: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ (नञ्) + साधु (अव्यय)
• Form: नञ्-पूर्वक अव्यय (not good/wrong)

• ततः: therefore
• ततः: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे—"therefore/from that"

• वाक्यम्: speech/statement
• वाक्यम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• एव: at all/indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• निन्दा: censure/blame
• निन्दा: Pradhāna-nāma (Predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सा: that (is)
• सा: Karta (Subject/Correlative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (reply within dialogue; speaker not named in the snippet)

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s immanence in all beings reframes ethical judgment: assessing conduct need not be ‘blaming Śiva.’

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse teaches theology (Śiva’s immanence).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it provides a doctrinal basis for ethical discernment and speech.